Comments on: Bears want to expand Hester’s special teams role beyond returninghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/18/bears-want-to-expand-hesters-special-teams-role-beyond-returning/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 18:40:08 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: filthymcnasty1http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/18/bears-want-to-expand-hesters-special-teams-role-beyond-returning/#comment-2475590
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:50:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2475590He was born to be a long snapper.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:02:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2474633@theogeisel
Great response, but even better handle.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:37:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2474038I’ll be the first to admit Hester was not a great receiver but he was not as bad as made out to be. Cutler didn’t trust him with reason with the drops and missed routes but when he was in a simple scheme like Ron Turner he was getting 50+ catches and 600-700 yards. I want to see him pull a Troy Brown and play both ways….
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:07:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473834Bad idea…He has no value at all if he gets hurt.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:24:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473751Here we go again ANOTHER BAD idea. kick offs and punts are enough
keep Hester ready so he can be as fast as posible. playing gunner will only slow him down and get him hurt. I dont like this move
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:40:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473650I may be mistaken, but wasn’t he drafted as a CB? what ever happened to that? was he THAT bad as a DB?
]]>By: minilbhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/18/bears-want-to-expand-hesters-special-teams-role-beyond-returning/#comment-2473616
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:28:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473616Does Hester even know how to tackle? I wouldn’t have him out to there trying to make tackles when he doesn’t have the focus or wherewithal to do anything but return kicks.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:24:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473603I’ll never understand the obsession of getting the most bang for your buck out of Hester through the years. Every team in the league has some 3rd linebacker or 5th WR taking up a spot. Let alone paying a “Center” millions just to snap the ball on punts and kicks.

You have the greatest player at his position in history. What was it wrong with just paying him like the greatest and letting him do just that? Could it be collusion with GMs and that the Bears didn’t want to set a new standard for paying a KR so they tried to make him a WR as well for the last 4 years to justify his contract? Nah couldn’t be that.

We all make fun of Marcus Vick for not knowing the difference between “there,” “their,” and “they’re,”but how about Josh Alper – a professional writer. Even if the mistake was present in the quotation, he should have added [sic].

JOSH ALPER: You’re right, I should have. It’s been added.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:53:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473466It is sounding more and more that the writing is on the wall for Hester. Emery is no dummy, and he has to be questioning the value of Hester, in relationship to his contract.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:51:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473463I love this idea! Special Teams was where Hester always excelled, and his production began to go down once coaches tried to make him something he wasn’t. Hopefully this resurrects his career!
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:19:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473419Does holding the ball on the tee count as being useful?? Face it Joe D., kick returners are no longer useful in the NFL! As much as I loved Billy “White Shoes” Johnson, Brian Mitchell and Josh Cribbs, just to name a few, coaches have found ways to nullify great kick returners. Ask Tom Coughlin, better yet don’t ask Tom he might still have nightmares of D-Jax running off the MetLife field with a division championship in his hand!!
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:51:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473386Hester has been a disaster at WR and it has significantly affected his KR and PR play since pretty much becoming a starter on offense (has he even scored a return TD in the past 2-3 years?)

Speed is useless for a gunner if they can’t get off the block. Also he’s probably going to get lit up by a backup LB on every play.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:30:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1983071#comment-2473363If only every play was a punt or kick, says Devin Hester.
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